Type of Voting Equipment Used

Number of Counties

%

Number of Precincts

%

Est 1998 Population

%

1998 Registered

%

Total Punch Card

578

18.41%

64,337

33.44%

87,387,499

32.40%

47,774,377

30.98%

Total Datavote

57

1.82%

7,690

4.00%

10,872,450

4.03%

5,151,928

3.34%

Total Lever Machine

480

15.29%

41,907

21.78%

48,973,908

18.16%

28,623,195

18.56%

Total Paper Ballots

410

13.06%

5,551

2.88%

3,750,397

1.39%

2,427,669

1.57%

Total Optical Scan

1,217

38.76%

47,489

24.68%

73,463,341

27.24%

42,129,377

27.32%

Total Electronic

257

8.18%

14,033

7.29%

23,915,034

8.87%

14,080,560

9.13%

Total Mixed (more than one system)

141

4.49%

11,412

5.93%

21,324,009

7.91%

14,033,374

9.10%

TOTAL

3,140

100.0%

192,419

100.0%

269,686,638

100.0%

154,220,480

100.0%